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PPE Talk: Jessica Flanigan

Hamilton 100

All Liberty is Basic: Why Trivial Rights Merit Legal Recognition. Jessica Flanigan, Assistant Professor of Leadership Studies and Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law, at the University of Richmond, has research interests in the ethics of business and medicine, law, and … Read more

PPE Talk: James Otteson

Caldwell 213

"Adam Smith on Justice and Social Justice" James Otteson, Executive Director of the BB&T Center for the Study of Capitalism at Wake Forest, specializes in Adam Smith. Before moving to Wake Forest this Fall, he was a joint professor of … Read more

Seminar: Patricia Kitcher

Caldwell 213

Prof. Kitcher will be meeting with the "Locke and Kant Seminar." Patricia Kitcher is the Roberta and William Campbell Professor of the Humanities at Columbia University. She works on the philosophy of psychology and on Kant.

Talk: Elizabeth Camp

Caldwell 213

Professor Camp is currently in the Philosophy Department at the University of Pennsylvania but is moving to Rutgers University.  She works on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and aesthetics.

PPE Talk: Michael Moehler

Caldwell 213

"The Rawls-Harsanyi Dispute: A Moral Point of View" Michael Moehler is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Virigina Tech.  He works primarily on political philosophy. Before moving there he was a visiting professor in UNC's PPE Program.

Seminar: Béatrice Longuenesse

Prof. Longuenesse will be meeting with the "Locke and Kant Seminar." Béatrice Longuenesse is the Silver Professor of Philosophy at New York University.  She works on the history of modern philosophy.

PPE Talk: Peter C. Myers

The Problem of Revolution and Liberty: Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King, Jr. Peter C. Myers is a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire.  He is the author of Our Only Star and Compass: Locke … Read more

Lecture: The Good, The Bad, and The Dirty

Sanford School of Public Policy Room 04, Duke University

A lecture by Nannerl Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor David Pizzarro (Cornell University). In recent years a great deal of psychological research has highlighted the powerful role emotions play in shaping our attitudes and judgments. Evidence has been found that individuals who are … Read more